The Vietnam war.

transam · 2026-03-13T19:29:45+0000

pete01 said:
Yes I was reading about Australian troops I didn't know that until yesterday

Afai recall troops from New Zealand also served there

pete01 · 2026-03-13T19:48:17+0000

transam said:
Afai recall troops from New Zealand also served there

pete01 · 2026-03-13T19:50:15+0000

MNW67 said:
Agreed. Extremely boring.

Good film if I remember correctly...

charliegolf · 2026-03-13T22:55:13+0000

pete01 said:
I don't know why I got so interested, happens occasionally

Dig out Ken Burns' 10 parter about the war. It's excellent. Regularly on PBS, which I believe has a streaming service. I watch it every time it comes on.

Highway Man · 2026-03-13T22:59:41+0000

pete01 said:
I don't know why I got so interested, happens occasionally

Asperger's intense special interests, and often significant sensory sensitivities or a strong need for routines and predictability.

King Billy · 2026-03-14T03:17:37+0000

blup said:
I remember them helicoptering the last troops/civilians out of Hanoi(?) in ‘75, the Amerricans leaving Karbul was a reminder of that panic. Trumpf won’t have that problem when he taco’s because missiles don’t need evacuation

Ho Chi Minh (Saigon)

Harry Bloomfield · 2026-03-14T14:15:05+0000

charliegolf said:
Regularly on PBS, which I believe has a streaming service.

It has, and they show some really excellent factual programs.

transam · 2026-03-14T14:38:53+0000

An American war correspondent at the time

If I recall correctly Walter Cronkite ( noseall would know ) made a series of videos during the war well worth looking at

transam · 2026-03-14T19:14:02+0000

Afaik The US troop deployment at its peak was over 400,000 (?) the majority would not have been combat troops

There was a massive logistics programme

Maintenance
Supplies
Medical
Banking
Communications
Catering

Thousands of army / airforce admin staff

The Vietnam war.

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